Sharknado: Bites Back Bringing Sharknado Insanity to Tabletop Gaming
“Merchandising! Merchandising! Where the real money from the movie is made!”
That famous quote from Spaceballs continues to prove true even when it comes to made-for-television schlockbusters like Sharknado. There’s already been Sharknado clothing, figures, slot machines, mobile games, etc. Why not a Sharknado board game?
With Sharknado: The 4th Awakens poised to premiere in a little over a week, the Sharknado promotional storm is under way; and amid the flurry of fintastic news is the announcement of Sharknado: Bites Back, which vows to somehow bring all the C-list celebrity-studded cameos, groan-inducing one-liners, and chainsaw-on-shark lunacy of the Syfy films to the realm of tabletop gaming.
That is, assuming the Kickstarter campaign is successful.
Here’s the press release with all the gory details:
Eastern Pennsylvania-based game development company Devious Devices, LLC, has acquired the exclusive licensing rights to create a Sharknado-themed tabletop game. Game designers Eric Cesare and Anthony Rando have been working with licensing agency Earthbound, LLC, and now set their sights on incorporating all of the best aspects of the popular Syfy franchise into a cardboard box—including chainsaws, bombs, loss of limbs, and of course, plenty of hungry sharks.
According to the designers, “Our company’s pillars have always been to make games that are entertaining, fresh, and fun; and there’s no better franchise out there than Sharknado to fit that bill.”
“We’re very excited to be working with Devious Devices on the development of the Sharknado board game,” said The Asylum’s sales rep and Sharknado co-producer David Garber. “Their irreverent approach to game design is a perfect match for the outrageousness of the Sharknado franchise.”
Details about gameplay are being kept under wraps for now, with plans to release information over the coming months via social media. All the designers will say for the time being is that the Sharknado game will be cooperative and feature multiple scenarios for replayability.
“We want this game to feel like the players are in their own Sharknado adventure—separate from the films, but still involving all the things that people have come to love about them,” the creators said. “We want the story to be different each time you play.”
Sharknado: Bites Back, as the game is tentatively titled, should be available in late 2016.
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